Latin America
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Telefónica’s Venezuela-based subsidiary will pay more than $85.2 million to resolve an investigation by the US Justice Department that it allegedly bribed Venezuelan officials. -
Latin American data centre operator ODATA unveiled plans to construct two facilities in Colombia to provide 144MW of connectivity to the region.
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Nokia and Radiográfica Costarricense SA (RACSA) have deployed Costa Rica’s first standalone 5G (5G SA) network.
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Internet exchange (IX) operator DE-CIX has expanded to Brazil, launching two locations in the South American country.
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Microsoft is continuing its infrastructure spending spree after it announced plans to spend $1.3 billion building out cloud and AI capacity in Mexico.
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Musk calls Brazilian justice 'evil dictator' as legal battle escalates, threatening Starlink's operations in the country
Forthcoming events
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América Móvil has published the results of its Q1 2021 financial results, with net profits reaching 1.8 billion pesos ($89.8 million) up from a 28.9 billion ($1.4 billion) in Q1 2020.
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Altarede Corporate has invested in Padtec’s 200Gbps and 800Gbps family of transponders to support the capacity of its Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) optical networks.
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Satellite communications provider, ST Engineering iDirect, has been selected by a Tier 1 MNO in Latin America to extend the ground infrastructure for its upcoming satellite.
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5G Americas and digital equality advocate Conectadas are working together to promote the equal participation of women in the telecoms industry.
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Mexico's data protection institute has become the latest to oppose the country's plans for a biometric register of mobile phone subscribers.
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South Reach Networks (SRN) is deploying equipment needed to offer high capacity 10G, 100G and 400G Ethernet and wavelength services across its networks across the Southeast US.
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Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top ten global operators, has launched a managed cyber security training platform to protect businesses against cyber attacks.
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Angola Cables is now offering a global data centre interconnection (GDI) service, leveraging its direct link to major international data centres and PoPs in the network.
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Data center and connectivity service provider Ascenty is using Seaborn’s international fiber network to connect its São Paulo and Vinhedo data centers in Brazil to the US.
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5G Americas has entered into an agreement with the Chilean Chamber of Digital Infrastructure (IDICAM) for a knowledge exchange and potential joint collaboration.
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DE-CIX and EllaLink have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to form a strategic partnership.
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Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman speaks to GlobeNet CEO Eduardo Falzoni about the impending launch of its Malbec subsea cable and what it means for the region.
